/*  
 *  Copyright 2006 Paul Jack.
 *
 *  This file is part of the Dex compiler suite.
 *  
 *  Dex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
 *  option) any later version.
 *  
 *  Dex is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 *  Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
 */
package dex.compiler.model.definition;


import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import dex.compiler.model.base.ParseNode;
import dex.misc.Conversion;


/**
 * A definition that contains other definitions.  
 * And also contains comments.
 */
public abstract class Container extends Definition {


	/**
	 * The contents of this container.
	 */
	private List<ParseNode> contents;


	/**
	 * Constructs a new container.
	 * 
	 * @param params    the definition parameters
	 * @param contents  the contents of this container
	 */
	public Container(DefinitionParams params, List<ParseNode> contents) {
		super(params);
		this.contents = contents;
	}


	/**
	 * Returns the contents of this container.
	 * 
	 * @return  the contents of this container
	 */
	public List<ParseNode> getContents() {
		return contents;
	}

	
	/**
	 * Returns the definitions contained by this container.
	 * 
	 * @return  the definitions
	 */
	public Collection<Definition> getDefinitions() {
		return Conversion.subclasses(contents, Definition.class);
	}

}
